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Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
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Video duration: 1247 seconds
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http://www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.

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Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows
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Video duration: 694 seconds
Global video hits: 27402

http://www.ted.com Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.

Related: animals, design, hack, intelligence, interface, joshua, klein, technology, ted, tedtalks

$Jeff Han\$	Jeff Han's 8 ft. Multi-Touch Display Wall Posted by: alai6666 Video duration: 278 seconds Global video hits: 86478 Jeff Han shows us his 8 foot long multi-touch display wall at TED 2007 Related: han, jeff, multi, ted, touch

Patricia Burchat: The search for dark energy and dark matter
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Video duration: 1001 seconds
Global video hits: 20681

http://www.ted.com Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense.

Related: astronomy, babar, bang, big, burchat, collaboration, education, energy, patricia, physics, science, stanford, talks, ted, tedtalks

Inspire Innovation
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Video duration: 419 seconds
Global video hits: 14279

An overview of "Inspire Innovation: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University", narrated by alumnus Ted Danson.
For more about Carnegie Mellon's comprehensive campaign, visit www.cmu.edu/campaign

Related: artistic, campaign, carnegie, computing, danson, economy, energy, environment, health, innovation, inspire, mellon, ted

Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves?
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Video duration: 1260 seconds
Global video hits: 16041

http://www.ted.com Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

Related: children, culture, education, global, issues, mitra, sugata, talks, ted, tedtalks

	Dr. Dean Ornish: Healing and other natural wonders Posted by: TEDtalksDirector Video duration: 1010 seconds Global video hits: 14909 http://www.ted.com Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself. Related: dean, dr., health, healthcare, medicine, ornish, science, talks, ted, tedtalks

Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything
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Video duration: 1318 seconds
Global video hits: 26437

http://www.ted.com Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that -- just maybe -- answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it's the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you've ever seen.

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$Nellie McKay: \"Mother of Pearl\" and \"If I Had You\"$

Nellie McKay: "Mother of Pearl" and "If I Had You"
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Video duration: 335 seconds
Global video hits: 27390

http://www.ted.com The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" (with the immortal first line "Feminists don't have a sense of humor") and "If I Had You" from her sparkling set at TED2008.

Related: feminism, feminists, folk, humor, mckay, mother, nellie, obligatory, pearl, talks, ted, tedtalks, villagers

$Arthur Ganson: Sculpture that\$	Arthur Ganson: Sculpture that's truly moving Posted by: TEDtalksDirector Video duration: 1031 seconds Global video hits: 10491 http://www.ted.com Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work -- kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at. Related: art, arthur, arts, design, engineering, entertainment, ganson, humor, philosophy, ted, tedtalks

Pamelia Kurstin: Theremin, the untouchable music
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Video duration: 1212 seconds
Global video hits: 34336

http://www.ted.com Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin plays and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played without being touched. Songs include the classic "Autumn Leaves," Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" and a composition by David Mash, "Listen: the Words Are Gone." Piano: Makoto Ozone.

Related: entertainment, instruments, kurstin, live, music, pamelia, performance, technology, ted, tedtalks, theremin

Irwin Redlener: How to survive a nuclear attack
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Video duration: 1519 seconds
Global video hits: 19756

http://www.ted.com The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history's farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on how to survive an attack.

Related: childrens, fund, global, health, history, irwin, issues, medicine, redlener, talks, technology, ted, tedtalks, war

Keith Barry: Brain magic
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Video duration: 1190 seconds
Global video hits: 63147

http://www.ted.com First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.

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$Freeman Dyson: Let\$

Freeman Dyson: Let's look for life in the outer solar system
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Video duration: 1238 seconds
Global video hits: 14684

http://www.ted.com Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it.

Related: alien, astronomy, dyson, europa, extraterrestrial, freeman, jupiter, life, space, talks, ted, tedtalks

Robert Ballard: Exploring the ocean's hidden worlds
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Video duration: 1187 seconds
Global video hits: 24788

http://www.ted.com Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?

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Martin Seligman: Why is psychology good?
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Video duration: 1423 seconds
Global video hits: 28737

http://www.ted.com Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?

Related: altruism, engagement, good, happiness, martin, meaning, philanthropy, positive, psychology, seligman, talks, ted, tedtalks

Steven Pinker: Chalking it up to the blank slate
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Video duration: 1449 seconds
Global video hits: 12262

http://www.ted.com Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.

Related: book, brain, children, culture, language, pinker, psychology, science, steven, talks, ted, tedtalks

	A message from Wong Fu Productions Posted by: pwangs Video duration: 437 seconds Global video hits: 198357 Wes, Ted, and Phil from Wong Fu say a few words about what we're up to right now, and the future of wong fu. Just a little peek inside our "real" daily lives. =) check out www.wongfuproduction s.com for more videos and fun. Related: chan, fu, philip, productions, ted, wang, wesley, wong

Chris Abani: Telling stories of our shared humanity
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Video duration: 1099 seconds
Global video hits: 12814

http://www.ted.com Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.

Related: abani, africa, apartheid, chris, humanity, libation, nigeria, poem, poet, stories, talks, ted, tedtalks

Nicholas Negroponte: One Laptop per Child, two years on
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Video duration: 994 seconds
Global video hits: 23912

http://www.ted.com Nicholas Negroponte talks about how One Laptop per Child is doing, two years in. Speaking at the EG conference while the first XO laptops roll off the production line, he recaps the controversies and recommits to the goals of this far-reaching project.

Related: activism, child, culture, global, issues, laptop, learning, negroponte, nicholas, one, per, technology, ted, tedtalks

Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly dog training
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Video duration: 887 seconds
Global video hits: 13606

http://www.ted.com Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can build their love and trust. It's a message that resonates well beyond the animal world.

Related: animals, brain, children, dog, dunbar, ian, love, psychology, talks, ted, tedtalks, training

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